Beethoven - Symphony 3 [Sawallisch-Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]
Beethoven - Symphony 3 [Sawallisch-Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]
Beethoven's Third, the Symphony that began my love of Classical music, the very first Classical album i ever bought [though not by Sawallisch], and it remains my favourite Beethoven Symphony to this day.
It was this time last month that i listened to Sawallisch conduct Beethoven's Sixth Symphony [21st September 2010], his is an excellent cycle, this disc was recorded in 1993, all of the booklets in this cycle have Sawallisch in some sort of pose [by Paul Huf], and and the lettering in black on gold, with a coloured segment with the number of the Symphonies on it in a 'wallpaper' design, and very good it is too.
The second movement Funeral March has always moved me, a slow and steady dirge, but filled with invention and variety,
Here's Paavo Jarvi conducting the second movement on YouTube.
